Lawmakers Demand Answers on US Involvement in Deadly 2017 Nigerian Airstrike A group of House Democrats wants answers following reports that the U.S. military may have helped Nigerian forces with a 2017...
The Wars in Iraq And Afghanistan Have Killed at Least 500,000 People, According to a Report In the 76 countries in which the U.S. is currently fighting terrorism, at least three have been incredibly deadly: Iraq...
Military Gets New Office to Help Limit Civilian Deaths and Injury Civilian deaths were thrust into the spotlight again after U.S. Central Command launched an airstrike on a compound in Kabul...
C-17 Crew Cleared After Civilians Clinging to Plane Fell to Their Deaths During Afghanistan Evacuation It is not clear when Air Mobility Command and U.S. Central Command made their decision to clear the crew.
Civil Defense: More Than Duck and Cover In 1950, an animated turtle named Bert taught American children to "duck and cover" in case of an atomic attack.
A Civilian Retiree Is Biking Cross Country for Veterans in the Most American Way He Can Don Coffey appreciates his freedom to ride so much, he's raising money for wounded vets by riding across America.
Pentagon Finds No Fault in Syria Airstrike that Killed Women and Children A U.S. commander who ordered a 2019 airstrike in Syria did not violate the laws of war or engagement, according to an...
'She Had Suffered Enough' – I Feel for All the Afghan People, But Especially the Women "When it comes to making statements about where women fit into this new version of Afghanistan, the Taliban resort to vague...
Military Ordered to Overhaul Effort to Prevent Civilian Casualties After Botched Airstrikes The report found the military did not adequately use lessons it learned over the past two decades of conflict that could have...
Dozens of Democrats Call Out Biden over Drone Strikes that Kill Civilians An August 29 drone strike in Kabul that killed 10 civilians prompted fierce criticism of the Biden administration and renewed...
Trump Is Renaming 7 Army Installations. Here Are the Stories Behind the Names Being Scrubbed. President Donald Trump's announcement is the administration's latest move in its concerted effort to shift the people and...
Veteran Who Fired at Gunman and Inadvertently Killed Utah Protester Was a Safety Volunteer, Organizers Say Police said that the permit for the protest did not specify that there would be armed security, and that the role and...
Air Force Lowered Annual Recruiting Goal Due to Budget Woes, But Still on Track to Hit Target This Month The Air Force had to reduce its target recruiting goal by several thousand airmen due to ongoing congressional budget delays...
‘They’re Taking Shirly’: An Army Sergeant Thought His Family Was Safe. Then, ICE Deported His Wife. For tens of thousands of U.S. service members with undocumented family members, there’s no guaranteed protection from...
Air Force's Bunker-Buster Bomb Could Take Out Iran Nuclear Facility, But Israel Hints at Other Options The Israeli campaign to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons will be considered a failure if the centrifuges deep...
![Bert the Turtle starred in "Duck and Cover" which aired in 1950 across the United States. (U.S. Civil Defense Administration photo)](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/media/history/cold-war/2017/02/bert-turtle-duck-cover.jpg?itok=tNSpO2Q2 "Bert the Turtle starred in "Duck and Cover," which aired in 1950 across the United States. (U.S. Civil Defense Administration photo)")
